When adventure calls, will you answer? Gallet returns exactly two hundred years after its founding in 1826, now manufactured by Breitling. The historic Swiss watchmaker launches a new era of wanderlust with four dedicated watch collections made for modern adventurers.
From the German wandern (to explore) and lust (to long for), wanderlust is more than the urge to travel. It’s the instinct to break free from the ordinary, leave the noise behind, and chase what lies beyond.
Founded in 1826 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the heart of Swiss watchmaking, Gallet created timing instruments for the innovators and adventurers shaping a new era of aviation, racing, sailing, and exploration. Its watches timed the Wright Brothers’ first powered flight, helped pilots track the time in world cities during the earliest intercontinental flights, and commemorated racing champion Rex Mays’ victory at the Springfield Mile. Wherever boundaries were being pushed, Gallet was there.
Over the years, its chronographs earned the trust of those operating where conditions were uncharted and demands uncompromising. That impulse remains. Today, Gallet returns as a sibling brand of Breitling, ready to begin a new era of wanderlust.
MANUFACTURED BY BREITLING
Every Gallet watch benefits from the technical expertise, after-sales service, and global distribution network behind Breitling, one of Switzerland’s leading independent watchmakers. Select Breitling boutiques now feature dedicated safari-inspired Gallet corners, inviting visitors into the brand’s world of escape, exploration, and adventure.
“Gallet has a remarkable history and a distinct identity. By manufacturing every watch within Breitling’s infrastructure, we’re able to honor that heritage while ensuring the quality, reliability, and service expected from a modern Swiss watch brand,” says Erwan Rossignol, Managing Director of Gallet.
GALLET’S 200TH ANNIVERSARY
Gallet returns with adaptable designs and interchangeable quick-release straps, allowing the watch to evolve with every environment and expedition, built for wherever the journey leads. Personalization is instant, with leather, rubber, field, and fabric straps in a variety of colors, alongside stainless-steel bracelets. Across four collections spanning three distinct families, each watch is built with dependable precision for modern adventure.
The collections are: the Flying Officer for long-distance travel, the Multichron Pilot for exploration and changing conditions, the Multichron Sport for speed and off-road pursuits, and the Gallet Classics for elevated travel.
The Flying Officer is more than a historic model, it is the blueprint for modern Gallet. Its distinctive city ring informed the brand’s visual language, while the warm patina of an aged vintage model inspired Gallet’s signature orange-and-green palette. Created for early intercontinental travel, the Flying Officer gives context to the new era of wanderlust that continues today through the brand’s collaborations with adventurers around the world.
The Multichron family embodies Gallet’s tool-watch heritage. The Multichron Pilot draws on the demands of exploration and unpredictable conditions, while the Multichron Sport traces its origins to motorsport and high-speed competition.
To celebrate its 200th anniversary, the brand is also introducing three special-edition Gallet Classics tribute pieces alongside its core collections. These watches are exclusively powered by the Caliber B09, Breitling’s hand-wound manufacture chronograph movement.
“Gallet was born in an age of exploration and has followed that path ever since,” says Georges Kern, CEO of House of Brands (Breitling, Gallet, and Universal Genève). “We’re proud to bring Gallet back for a new generation.”
GALLET’S ADVENTURERS
The brand has teamed up with a new generation of professional adventurers, conservationists, photographers, and filmmakers from around the world. Their weekly Field Notes video dispatches began rolling out in July, featuring Donal Boyd, Benjamin Kellett, Dhir Jakharia, Benjamin Hardman, and L. Renee. Their work spans continents and landscapes: tracking injured elephants, crossing the Himalayas by paraglider, sailing Arctic waters, documenting wildlife in Kenya, and exploring the rugged coastline of Northern California. Together, they bring Gallet’s spirit of adventure into the present day.
The destinations may have changed, but the instinct remains the same: to leave the familiar behind in pursuit of new places, new perspectives, and new stories.
FLYING OFFICER: THE ORIGINAL WORLD-TRAVELER’S WATCH
First introduced in 1939, the Flying Officer was born in an era of growing world travel. Designed as a companion to the earliest intercontinental flights, it allowed pilots to track the time at upcoming refueling stops via the city ring on its rotating bezel. Worn by figures like former U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who called it “the most elaborate watch [he] ever saw,” it quickly moved beyond the cockpit, becoming a watch for those navigating a newly connected world.
Today, the Flying Officer, sized at 40mm, is reimagined for modern wanderlust. Its rotating bezel has been entirely reconsidered around 24 contemporary destinations, pairing major international gateways with more remote points of exploration to reflect how travel has evolved. While the cities have changed, its purpose remains the same: keeping world time. It’s made to go far and stay in sync.
The Flying Officer is offered in two interpretations of the same concept: a chronograph rooted in the model’s instrumental heritage and an automatic version that brings its distinctive world-travel design into a more streamlined, everyday watch.
The chronograph edition is available in two colorways: light blue with tone-on-tone subdials and black with tone-on-tone subdials, powered by the Gallet 23 chronograph caliber (based on Sellita SW510) with an approximate 62-hour power reserve. The automatic edition also comes in two colors: an orange edition, inspired by the patina of an aged Flying Officer model, and a dark blue edition, both powered by the Gallet 17 automatic (based on Sellita SW200) with an approximate 41-hour power reserve.
INTERCHANGEABLE STRAPS
Gallet has designed its core collection to adapt to different environments and pursuits. A shared lug width across the collection and integrated quick-release construction allow leather, rubber, field, and fabric straps in a variety of colors to be swapped in seconds, without tools. Stainless-steel bracelets feature the same quick-release system alongside integrated micro-adjustment for enhanced comfort and a precise fit, allowing wearers to personalize their watch.
MULTICHRON PILOT: THE ELEMENT-PROOF EXPLORATION WATCH
First introduced in 1969, the Multichron Pilot was a purpose-driven chronograph designed for long-duration timing and tracking a second timezone. Engineered for demanding environments, it delivered exceptional legibility for at-a-glance clarity in any light.
Today, the new Multichron Pilot is reimagined for modern exploration. Sized at 42mm, it’s powered by the Gallet 23 chronograph caliber (based on Sellita SW510) with an approximate 62-hour power reserve. Each watch has a bi-directional bezel and carries a “Multichron Pilot” inscription on the dial, and a date window at 6 o’clock. It comes in two colors: black with white subdials and blue with black subdials. A telemeter scale measures the distance to an event using both sound and sight, reinforcing the watch’s instrument-like character. Luminescent hands and indices ensure excellent legibility in changing conditions. A go-anywhere, do-anything watch with a rugged, textured dial and the ability to track a second timezone, it keeps pace as the conditions change.
INTERCHANGEABLE STRAPS
Gallet has designed its core collection to adapt to different environments and pursuits. A shared lug width across the collection and integrated quick-release construction allow leather, rubber, field, and fabric straps in a variety of colors to be swapped in seconds, without tools. Stainless-steel bracelets feature the same quick-release system alongside integrated micro-adjustment for enhanced comfort and a precise fit, allowing wearers to personalize their watch.
MULTICHRON SPORT: THE ALL-ADVENTURE WATCH
In the 1960s, Gallet models like the Multichron 12 Scientific helped shape a technical, performance-driven approach to timing. Over time, the collection became closely tied to motorsport timing.
Today, the Multichron Sport is made for all adventures, from asphalt to off-road. Staying true to its original purpose, it’s built to measure speed with precision. Sized at 41mm, it’s powered by the Gallet 23 chronograph caliber (based on Sellita SW510) with an approximate 62-hour power reserve. The watch comes in two colors: dark blue with black subdials, and black with white subdials and a date window at 6 o’clock. In both executions, the vivid orange chronograph hands and “Multichron Sport” inscription stand out clearly against the dial, making the timing indications easy to read at a glance. The tachymeter scale enables average speed calculations over a known distance. It performs across uncertain territory, long after the road ends.
INTERCHANGEABLE STRAPS
Gallet has designed its core collection to adapt to different environments and pursuits. A shared lug width across the collection and integrated quick-release construction allow leather, rubber, field, and fabric straps in a variety of colors to be swapped in seconds, without tools. Stainless-steel bracelets feature the same quick-release system alongside integrated micro-adjustment for enhanced comfort and a precise fit, allowing wearers to personalize their watch.
GALLET CLASSICS: CELEBRATING 200 YEARS OF GALLET
To mark its bicentennial, the brand introduces the Gallet Classics, a trio of hand-wound chronographs shaped by the expertise of Gallet historians, collectors, and longtime enthusiasts. Inspired by some of the most significant watches in the brand’s history, the collection offers a contemporary interpretation of these celebrated references.
Each watch in the series is powered by the Caliber B09, Breitling’s hand-wound manufacture chronograph movement. With compact 38mm proportions and approximately 70 hours of power reserve, the Gallet Classics offer a more refined and traditional expression of the brand’s identity.
Gallet Classic models are offered exclusively on straps. Thanks to a shared lug width across the collection and integrated quick-release construction, leather, rubber, field, and fabric straps in a variety of colors can be swapped in seconds, without tools.
GALLET CLASSICS – TRIBUTE TO MULTICHRON YACHTING BIG EYE: THE MARITIME CHRONOGRAPH
Born in the 1960s, the Multichron Yachting Big Eye chronograph was made for regatta racing. Its distinctive “Big Eye” countdown display brought clarity to the chaos of the pre-start phase, as boats maneuver for position in the final minutes before the gun, turning the display into the defining graphic feature of the watch. Today’s Tribute to Yachting Big Eye continues that story as a maritime chronograph that blends heritage with function. Its white dial is accented by a tone-on-tone subdial and one larger regatta subdial in dark blue and red.
GALLET CLASSICS – TRIBUTE TO MULTICHRON 45: THE AFTER-HOURS CHRONOGRAPH
The Multichron 45 was originally designed for precise interval timing, used across aviation and racing where clarity was essential. Its balanced dial and functional scales made it easy to read even in low light. The Tribute to Multichron 45 reinterprets that approach with a deep black dial, tone-on-tone subdials and compact proportions. Anti-glare by day, luminescent by night, it stays legible through every hour, from early starts to overnight flights.
GALLET CLASSICS – TRIBUTE TO SILVERLIGHT: THE MODERN VOYAGER’S CHRONOGRAPH
The Tribute to Silverlight takes its design cues from the historic Multichron Navigator. The original featured a distinctive display that offered a way to orient in motion, guiding its wearer toward true north, paired with softly irregular numerals that gave the dial rhythm and character. Today’s tribute, with its silver-toned dial, stylized numerals, and vintage-inspired look is made for the modern voyager.
GALLET
Founded in 1826 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, Gallet is a historic Swiss watchmaker built for the unknown. From early aviation and long-distance travel with the Flying Officer watch to racing, sailing, and exploration with the Multichron family, its chronographs accompanied those who pushed beyond the familiar. For two centuries, Gallet created timing instruments trusted in demanding conditions and changing environments. Today, manufactured by Breitling, Gallet returns for a new era of wanderlust, combining its adventure-driven heritage with Breitling’s craftsmanship, technical expertise, global distribution network, and after-sales service.
